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The moon

What is the sudden interest in the moon, its been going around the earth in
a not very circular manner fo many years now and I can recall a day in the
80s when it was supposed to be bigger. Being on a breakwater inthe canaries
at the time, the moon always looks bigger there as it rises over the see,
and cannot say anyone noticed any difference. Now this being Britain, not
may people saw it this time, however the distance yesterday and tomorrow
will not be noticable really, so why all the hype on the tv?
I did wonder why nobody had linked it to the New Zealand Earthquakes yet,
or maybe the election of the Trump.
:-)
Brian

I've been wondering the same myself, but I suppose it's because the
newspapers can't do normal; they can only do sensational. Some
ignorant reporter has read that the moon will be closer than it has
been since 1948 and assumed this will look dramatic, not having read
or understood any of the other numbers associated with it, and how
little difference there will be. I'm sure it's true that appropriate
measuring equipment can show a genuine increase in angular magnitude,
but I saw the moon last night and to me it just looked like the moon.

Rod.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:26:15 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:
What is the sudden interest in the moon, its been going around the earth in
a not very circular manner fo many years now and I can recall a day in the
80s when it was supposed to be bigger. Being on a breakwater inthe canaries
at the time, the moon always looks bigger there as it rises over the see,
and cannot say anyone noticed any difference. Now this being Britain, not
may people saw it this time, however the distance yesterday and tomorrow
will not be noticable really, so why all the hype on the tv?
I did wonder why nobody had linked it to the New Zealand Earthquakes yet,
or maybe the election of the Trump.
:-)
Brian

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I did wonder why nobody had linked it to the New Zealand Earthquakes yet,

The moon causes the tides, and puts considerable stress on the solid
stuff as well, so could trigger fracture and an earthquake in parts
already stressed close to their breaking points.

It's been discussed in the prestigious science journal 'Nature'
recently, here http://tinyurl.com/hwpkfl9
or maybe the election of the Trump.

Lunatics aren't called lunatics for no reason!

As I understand it, it's not that the moon is extraordinarily close to
the earth, but rather that, on certain rare occasions, its regular
'close pass' coincides exactly with it being a full moon - and this is
one of those occasions.
--
Ian

"Roderick Stewart" wrote in message
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I've been wondering the same myself, but I suppose it's because the
newspapers can't do normal; they can only do sensational. Some
ignorant reporter has read that the moon will be closer than it has
been since 1948 and assumed this will look dramatic, not having read
or understood any of the other numbers associated with it, and how
little difference there will be. I'm sure it's true that appropriate
measuring equipment can show a genuine increase in angular magnitude,
but I saw the moon last night and to me it just looked like the moon.

That's the trouble with being honest, sensible, scientific, logical, realistic and
not easily fooled.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:08:48 +0100, Martin wrote:
I've been wondering the same myself, but I suppose it's because the
newspapers can't do normal; they can only do sensational. Some
ignorant reporter has read that the moon will be closer than it has
been since 1948 and assumed this will look dramatic, not having read
or understood any of the other numbers associated with it, and how
little difference there will be. I'm sure it's true that appropriate
measuring equipment can show a genuine increase in angular magnitude,
but I saw the moon last night and to me it just looked like the moon.

The increase is 14% greater than normal, whatever normal is.

They even got that wrong. It's not 14% greater than normal, it's 14%
greater than apogee, so I guess about 7% greater than the mean value
if that's what you mean by "normal".

But hey, it's journalism, a close relative of advertising, where
impressive numbers are more important than relevance, even if you've
no idea what they mean.